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MANUAL 


OF   THE 


PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER 


Revised   and   Supplemental 

to  the 

Manual  of   1904 


ISSUED    SEPTEMBER.    1910 


D0WNINGT0WN  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 
POWNINGTOWN,   PA. 


Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Manual  of  1904,  appointed  by 

action  of  Presbytery  at  its  meeting  held,  April  14.  1903. 

Rev.  John  B  Rendall,  J).  I).,  Stated  Clerk,  Chairman. 
Rev.  Lewis  W.  Mudge,  I).  D.,  the  Moderator. 
Rev.  William  Tentox  Krlse,  Permanent  Clerk. 

Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Manual  of  1910,  appointed  by 
action  of  Presbytery  at  its  meeting  held,  June  14,  1910. 

Rev.  William  Texton  Kruse,  Stated  Clerk,  Chairman. 
Rev.  William  M.  Woodfin,  the  Moderator. 
Rev.  James  R.  Kerr,  Permanent  Clerk. 


PREFATOPvY    NOTE. 

This  revision  is  supplemental  to  the  Manual  of  1904.  All  the 
completed  historical  data  of  the  Presbytery  contained  in  that  Manual 
is  here  pre-supposed  rather  than  reproduced.  This  aims  only  to  he  a 
working  Manual.  It  is  based  on  the  conviction  that  a  supplemental 
revision,  as  oft  as  need  requires,  bringing  the  information  up  to  date 
and  involving  a  minimum  of  expense,  will  serve  the  practical  uses  of 
the  memhers  of  the  Presbytery  more  than  would  an  ever  enlarging 
Manual  in  hulk,  issued  at  longer  intervals  and  involving  larger 
expense.  Instead,  this  contemplates  a  series  of  supplemental  revis- 
ions with  such  frequency  as  will  keep  it  practically  up  to  date  for  the 

needs  of  the  Presbvtery. 

THE  COMMITTEE. 


Officers  of  tl>£    jpr**M*H?* 

REV.   WM,   M.   W00DF1N,   Moderator,  Swarthmore. 
REV.  WILLIAM  TENTON  KRL'SE,  Stated  Clerk,  Elwyn. 
REV.  JAMES  R.  KERR,  Permanent  Clerk,  Darby. 
REV.  THOMAS  R.  McDOWELL,  Treasurer,  Elkview. 


General  Information 

SUPPLEMENTAL    TO    THE    MANUAL    OF    1904 


GROWTH  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY. 

Since  the  Manual  of   1904  seven  new  churches  have 
been  organized,  as  follows : 

Parkesburg  First 1906      Sharon  Hill    1908 

Radnor    of  Wayne  .  .  1906      Holmes    1909 

Anderson    1906      Llanerch    1909 

Calvary  Highland  Park  1908 

The  Penningtonville  Church  of  Atglen  having  become 
an  independent  charge,  supporting  its  own  pastor,  Chris- 
tiana Church  reverted  in  1905  to  the  roll  of  its  own  Pres- 
bytery of  Westminster. 

Summaries  of  the  reports  sent  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  1 87 1,  just  after  Presbytery  was  organized,  and  in 
1904,  when  the  previous  manual  was  prepared,  and  in 
1 9 10,  when  this  revision  of  the  manual  was  ordered,  are 
herewith  given  and  will  show  the  growth  of  the  Presby- 
tery. 

1871.  1904.       1910. 

Ministers  on  the  Roll 35  87     ,          91 

Churches  on  the  Roll   31  54  6° 

.Members  added  on  Examination  392  508  562 

Members   added   on    Certificate  175     v        316  457 

Total  membership    42?6  10470  12865 

Adults    Baptized    167  189  219 

Infants  Baptized    196  205  202 

Sabbath-School  Membership   .  .5331  10679  11398 


6   MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

CONTRIBUTIONS. 

l8/I.  1904.  I9IO. 

I  Iome    Missions    $3,914  $10,679  $15<7°3 

Foreign   Missions    1.564  10.308  14458 

Education    2,002  941  1.245 

Publication  &  S.  S.  Work            398  1,624  2,127 

Church    Erection    408  736  970 

Ministerial  Relief    956  970  1,419 

Freedmen    436  1.639  1,468 

Sustentation    i?3i6        * 

Avid   for   Colleges    767  890 

C  General  Assembly 336  1,013  1,212 

Congregational    35.831  122,113  io3,938 

Miscellaneous 3.TI3  I4.3°2  I0./45 

'Temperance     L91/ 

]  >ible   Society    632 

Total     $48,958  $166,408  $216,724 


*  Sustentation  has  been  merged  since  1907  with  Home 
Missions  in  the  statistical  reports  to  the  General  As- 
sembly. 

MODERATORS   ELECTED. 

Since  the  revision  of  the  manual  in  1904  Moderators 
have  been  elected  as  follows  : 

Rev.  George  E.  Gillespie,  Sept.  27.  1904. 
"     Alford  Kelley,  April   11,    1905. 

Samuel   T.   Linton,   Sept.    19,   1905. 
"     Philip  H.   Mowry,  D.   D.,  April    10,   1906. 
Elder  J.  H.  Jefferis,  Sept.  36,  1906. 
Rev.  Edmund  W.  FitzSimon.  April  9,  1907. 

"     Chas.  R.  Williamson,  Ph.  D.,  Sept.  2^,  1907. 
"    Abraham  L.  Latham,  Ph.  D.,  April  14,  1908. 
"     Martin  L.  Ross,  D.  D.,  Sept.  29,  1908. 
"     Geo.  L.  VanAlen,  April  13,  1909. 
"     Frank  C.  Putnam,  Sept.  28,  1909. 
"     William  M.  Woodfin,  April  12,  1910. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.        7 
STATED  MEETINGS  HELD. 
Since  the  manual  of  1904  Stated  Meetings  have  been 
held  as  follows: 

Jan.,     1905    Lansdowne. 

April,  1905    Chester,    5th    Church. 

June,    1905    Clifton    Heights. 

Sept.,  1905    Witherspoon   Building,   Philadelphia. 

Jan..     1906    Media. 

April,  1906  West  Chester,  1st  Church. 

June.    1906   Witherspoon  Building,   Philadelphia. 

Sept.,  1906     Phcenixville. 

Jan.,     1907    Witherspoon    Building.    Philadelphia. 

April,  1907   East  Whiteland,  Frazer. 

Sept.,  1907   Paoli,  1st  Church. 

June,    1907    Great  Valley. 

Jan.,     1908    Penningtonville,  Atglen. 

April,  1908   Parkesburg,  1st  Church. 

June,'   1908  Upper  Octorara. 

Sept.   1938    Radnor.   Wayne. 

Jan.,     1909   . . .' Chester,  3d  Church. 

April,  1909    01ivet'   Moore- 

June,   1909    Witherspoon    Building,    Philadelphia. 

Sept.,  1909     Marple. 

Jan.,     1910   Witherspoon   Building,   Philadelphia. 

April,  1910      Glenolden. 

Tune,   1910  Witherspoon  Building,  Philadelphia. 

Sept.,  1910  Great  Valley. 


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8       MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

COMMISSIONERS  ELECTED  TO  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

Since  the  Manual  of  1904  Commissioners  to  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  have  been  elected  as  follows : 

1905 — Winona3  Ind 

Ministers 

Alford  Kelley, 
William  Boyd, 
W.  W.  McKinney,  D.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

J.  H.  Converse,  LL.  D.,  Bryn   Mawr. 
George  Thompson,  ....  Darbv  Borough. 
Henry  B.  Black, Chester     Third. 

1906 — Dcs  Moines,  la 

Ministers 

C.  R.  Williamson,  Ph.  D., 
Henrv  E.  Jackson. 
W.  R.  Laird,  Ph.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

J.  H.  Jeffries,   St.   John's,  Devon. 

John   D.   McHenry,    .  . .  Fairview. 
Leon  H.  Watters^   Media. 

1907 — Columbus,  O 

Ministers       " 

Edmund  W.  FitzSimon, 
Jacob  Weidman,  D.  D., 
Wm.  H.  Johnson,  Ph.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

Charles  L.  Huston,.  . .  .  Coatesvillc. 

J.  L.  Twaddell, St.  John's,  Devon. 

John  Griffin,    Chester    First. 

1908 — Kansas  City,  Mo... 

Ministers 

James  R.  Kerr, 
George  E.  Gillespie, 
Samuel  T.  Linton, 

Ruling  Elders 

William  Dowlin, Westminster. 

James  A.  Long,   Coatesville. 

John  Detwiler,    Malvern. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 
1909 — Denver,  Col 

Ministers 

Robert  L.  Stewart,  D.  D., 
Henrv  N.  Faulconer, 
Martin  L.  Ross,  D.  D., 
Ervrit,  S.  Boice,  M.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

Samuel  W.   Scott,    ....  Upper   Octorara. 

J.  W.  Anderson, Nottingham. 

Henry  T.  Wilson,   ....  Great  Valley  . 
Arthur  T.  Parke, West  Chester    First. 

19 10 — Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

Ministers 

A.  L.  Latham,  Ph.  D., 
I.  N.  Rendall.  D.  D., 
R.  Howard  Taylor, 
George  Johnson, 

Ruling  Elders 

George  K.  Cross,   Glenolden. 

Charles  Howson,    Radnor    of  Wayne. 

John  H.  Dingee, Great  Valley. 

John   F.  T.  Lewis, Marple. 


DELEGATES  ELECTED  TO  SYNOD 
Since  the  Manual  of  1904  Delegates  to  the  Synod  have 
been  elected  as  follows: 

1904 — Oxford    

Ministers 

Thomas  J.  Aiken, 
Herbert  W.  Bieber, 
William  Boyd, 
George  B.  Carr,  D.  D., 
Dean  N.  Dobson, 
E.  W.  FitzSimon, 

Ruling  Elders 

Walter  L.  Wright, Ashmun. 

George  M.  Chandler,  .  .  Avon  dale. 

John  F.  Vanleer,   Bethany,   Chester. 

Alexander  Andrews,    . .  Chambers  Mem'l. 
William  H.  Nelson,  . . .  Chester    First. 
Charles  Wilson,    Bryn  Mawr. 


10      MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 
x9°5 — Greensburg 

Ministers 

Francis  J.  Collier,  D.  D., 

George  E.  Gillespie, 

Wm.  W.  Herberton,  D.  D., 

Win.  Rankin  Huston, 

James  R.  Kerr, 

Robert  L.  Stewart,  D.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

Henry  A.  Malm, Darby  Borough. 

f.  Frank  Black,    Chester    ThircE 

J.  E.   Foulke .Chester  Fifth. 

A.  P.  Tutton,   Doe  Run. 

Eber   Garrett Downingtown. 

William  H.  Ridgway,.  .  Coatesviile. 


1906 — Lancaster    

Ministers 

Henry  E.  Jackson, 
George  Johnson, 
Samuel  W.  Tohnson, 
Thomas  R.  McDowell, 
William  MacFarland, 
Win.  Rankin  Huston, 

Ruling  Elders 

Reese  L.  Given Honeybrook. 

Edwin  R.   Morrison,    .  .  Faggs  Manor. 

George  Fleming Fairview. 

William  P.   Moore,    ...Forks,    Brandy  wine. 
Charles  W.  Waldrbli,  .  .East  Whiteland. 
Henry  R.  Wilson,    Great  Valley. 


1907 — Philadelphia    

Ministers 

William  Teuton  Kruse, 
W.  R.  Laird,  Ph.  D., 
Abraham  L.  Latham,  Ph.  D., 
S.  Harper  Leeper, 
Robert  M.   Patterson,  D.  D., 
Hector  A.  McLean, 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.   11 

Ruling  Elders 

I  )ayid  McClure Dilworthtown. 

T.  Honard  Wright,   .  .  .  Lansdowne. 

[ohn  Detwiler Malvern. 

John  G.  Tho    as.  M.  D.,  Marpjc. 

Paul   McKnight Media. 

Charles  S.  Welles,   . . .  .  Middletown. 

!<  08 — Beaver    

Ministers 

George  A.  Marr, 
John  B.  Rendall,  D.  D., 
"Philip  H.  Mowrv,  D.  D., 
Lewis  W.  Mndge,  D.  D.. 
William  A.  Pattern,  D.  D., 
Isaac  N.  Rendall,  D.  D., 

Rulinsr  Elders 

Obadiali  B.  Curtis New  London. 

John   K.   Thompson,    .  .  Nottingham. 
William  K.  Snyder,   .  . .  Oxford    Second. 

Lightner  H.  Greene Oxford    First. 

Daniel  P.  Connor,    Olivet  Of  Moore. 

Edward  B.  Linn, PaolL 

£909 — York 

Ministers 

John  B.  Rendall,  D.  D., 
Martin  L.  Ross,  D.  D., 
Thomas  M.  Thomas, 
George  B.  Carr,  D.  D., 
Jacob  Weidman,  D.  D.. 
Chas.  R.  Williamson,  Ph.  D., 

Ruling  Elders 

William  S.  Hastings,  . .  Penningtonville. 

George   Herzel Phcenixville. 

Charles  S.  Righter Ridley  Park. 

J.  H.  JefTeris St.   John's,  Devon. 

John    I.    Smith,    Swarthmore. 

James  Aiken,  M.  D.,.  .  .  Trinity.  Berwyn. 


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IS  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

STANDING  RULES 

OF  THE 

PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER 

September,  1910. 


I.     MEETINGS. 

1.  There  shall  be  six  regular  meetings  of  the  Pres- 
bytery annually;  four  stated  and  two  adjourned  meet- 
ings, as  follows : 

Presbytery  shall  meet  on  the  second  Tuesday 
of  April,  and  shall  adjourn  to  meet  at  Lincoln 
University  on  the  Thursday  after  the  third  Tues- 
day of  April. 

Presbytery  shall  meet  on  the  last  Tuesday  of 
September,  and  shall  adjourn  to  meet  at  Lincoln 
University  on  the  second  Thursday  of  No- 
vember. 

Tnere   shall   be  one-day  Stated   Meetings  on 
the   second   Tuesday   of  June   and   on   the   last 
Tuesday  of  January. 
It  shall  be  understood  that  no  business,  other  than  that 
cted  with  the  Committee  on  Education  or  with  the 
reception   examination   and   installation,   dissolution   and 
dismission  of  candidates,  licentiates,  and  ministers,  shall 
be  transacted  at  the  adjourned  meetings  at  Lincoln  Uni- 
versity,  except  such   matters  as   may   be  placed   on   the 
docket  for  that  meeting  at  the  stated  meetings  of  April 
and  September. 

2.  Special  or  Pro  re  nata  meetings  may  be  called,  as 
provided  for  in  the  Form  of  Government,  Chapter  X., 
Section   10.     The  notification  for  such  meeting  shall  be 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.  19 

S€nt  out  by  the  Stated  Clerk  to  ail  the  ministers  and  ses- 
sions of  vacant  churches;  and  the  party,  or  parties,  at 
whose  instance  the  meeting-  is  called  shall  pay  to  the 
Stated  Clerk  the  sum  of  five  dollars  before  the  notifica- 
tion is  sent  out. 

Sessions  of  churches  at  which  the  stated  meetings  are 
held  may  arrange  for  popular  services  in  the  evening  at 
their  pleasure. 

The  stated  meetings  of  April  and  September  shall  be 
opened  with  a  sermon. 

Sessions  will  be  expected  to  arrange  the  business  of 
their  churches  in  accordance  with  this  schedule  of  meet- 
ings and  to  avoid,  except  in  extraordinary  cases,  the 
calling  of  special  meetings  of  the  Presbytery. 

II.     OFFICERS. 
The  officers  of  Presbytery  shall  be  a  Moderator,  Stated 
Clerk,   Permanent   Clerk,  Temporary  Clerk,  and  Treas- 
urer. 

(i)  TERMS  OF  OFFICERS. 
The  Moderator  shall  be  chosen  at  the  April  and  Sep- 
tember Stated  Meetings,  and  shall  serve  for  six  months. 
The  Temporary  Clerk  shall  be  chosen,  on  the  nomination 
of  the  Permanent  Clerk,  at  each  Stated  Meeting.  The 
Stated  Clerk,  the  Permanent  Clerk,  and  the  Treasurer 
shall  be  elected  every  five  years,  at  the  September  Stated 
Meeting. 

(2)     DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

t.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Moderator  to  exercise 
all  the  functions  of  the  presiding  officer  of  a  deliberative 
body,  as  specified  in  Chap.  XIX  of  the  Form  of  Govern- 
ment. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Stated  Clerk:  (a)  To 
give,  at  least,  two  weeks'  notice  of  all  the  regular  meet- 
ings of  the  Presbytery  through  the  religious  press;   (b) 


20  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

to  prepare  and  furnish  to  the  Moderator  a  docket  of  all 
the  business  to  come  before  the  Presbytery;  (c)  to  fur- 
nish for  the  use  of  the  Presbytery  the  Digest  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  and  the  Minutes  of  the  last  Assembly  and 
Synod;  (d)  to  keep  the  roll  of  the  Standing-  Committees 
of  the  Presbytery,  and  to  report  to  each  Stated  Meeting 
the  vacancies  therein;  (e)  to  supply  the  church  Sessions 
with  blanks  for  the  Narrative  and  the  Statistical  Report 
to  the  General  x\ssembly,  at  least  one  month  before  the 
April  Stated  Meeting;  (/)  to  prepare  and  send  to  the 
General  Assembly  the  annual  Statistical  Report  and  such 
other  papers  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  Presbytery;  (g) 
to  receive  the  reports  required  by  the  Synod  from  the 
various  Committees  and  forward  the  same  to  that  body ; 
( h  )  to  engross  the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery  in  the  form 
of  a  permanent  record;  (i)  to  publish  such  proceedings 
of  the  various  meeting's  as  may  be  of  general  interest ; 
(/)  to  act  as  the  custodian  of  the  records  and  papers  of 
the  Presbytery;  (k)  to  be  its  official  correspondent,  un- 
less otherwise  ordered;  and  (/)  to  notify  the  members 
of  Presbytery  of  the  duties  assigned  to  them. 

3.  The  duty  of  the  Permanent  Clerk  shall  be:  (a) 
To  make  a  fair  and  accurate  record  of  the  transactions 
of  the  Presbytery  at  each  meeting,  and  to  deliver  the 
same,  carefully  arranged  and  engrossed,  to  the  Stated 
Clerk  at  the  close  of  the  meeting;  (b)  to  file  all  papers 
that  have  been  presented  to  the  body,  in  the  order  in 
which  they  have  been  read,  and  properly  labeled;  and  (c) 
to  keep  them  in  convenient  form  for  reference  until  de- 
livered to  the  Stated  Clerk. 

4.  The  duty  of  the  Temporary  Clerk  shall  be  to  as- 
sist the  Permanent  Clerk,  by  whom  he  shall  be  nominated. 

5.  The  duty  of  the  Treasurer  shall  be:  (a)  To  re- 
ceive all  Presbyterial  funds;  (b)  to  disburse  the  same,  on 
the  order  of  the  Stated  Clerk  as  directed  bv  the  Pres- 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      21 

bytery  or  by  the  Standing  Rules;  and  (c)  to  present  to 
Presbytery  a  report  of  his  receipts  and  disbursements  at 
its  September  Stated  Meeting. 

III.  ASSESSMENTS. 
The  Treasurer  and  the  Stated  and  Permanent  Clerks 
shall  be  a  Permanent  Committee  on  Assessments,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be:  (a)  to  report  to  Presbytery,  at  its  Sep- 
tember Stated  Meeting,  an  estimate  of  the  amount  needed 
to  meet  the  expenses  of  the  Presbytery,  including  the  as- 
sessments of  the  General  Assembly  and  of  the  Synod, 
and  the  necessary  railroad  expenses  of  the  Commissioners 
of  the  Presbytery  to  the  Synod;  and  (b)  to  assess  the 
same  upon  the  churches  in  proportion  to  their  member- 
ships. 

IV.     DEVOTIONAL  EXERCISES. 
The  first  half  hour  of  the  opening  session  and  of  each 
morning  session  of  the  Stated  Meetings  of  the  Presbytery 
shall  be  spent  in  devotional  exercises,  and  each  session 
shall  be  opened  and  closed  with  prayer. 

V.     GENERAL  RULES. 
The  General  Rules  for  Judicatories,  as  appended  to  the 
Constitution  by  the  General  Assembly,  are  adopted  by  this 
Presbytery. 

VI.       PERMANENT    COMMITTEES. 

A  Permanent  Committee  is  one  which  has  a  continued 
duty  concerning  a  permanent  subject,  and  continues  dur- 
ing the  pleasure  of  the  Presbytery. 

i.  The  Presbytery  shall  appoint  Permanent  Commit- 
tees on  the  causes  represented  by  the  Boards  and  Com- 
mittees of  the  General  Assembly  and  of  the  Synod,  also 
of  other  interests  of  the  Church,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  : 


22     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

(a)  to  keep  themselves  fully  informed  as  to  the  condition 
and  operations  of  the  special  cause  entrusted  to  them ; 
and  (b)  to  give  such  information  and  suggest  such  plans 
of  effort  as  may  secure  the  active  co-operation  of  all  our 
ministers  and  churches  in  the  furtherance  of  these  ob- 
jects. 

2.  All  communications  from  the  Boards  and  Com- 
mittees of  the  General  Assembly  and  of  the  Synod,  and 
all  applications  to  them,  shall  be  referred  to  the  appro- 
priate Committee.  All  correspondence  between  the  Pres- 
bytery and  the  said  Boards  or  Committees  shall  be  car- 
ried on  by  the  Permanent  Committee  on  said  Board  or 
Committee,  through  its  Chairman  or  Clerk. 

3.  The  Permanent  Committees  shall  consist  of  five 
ministers  and  three  ruling  elders,  except  the  Committees 
on  Examination,  which  shall  consist  of  three  ministers 
each. 

The  Committee  on  Synodical  Home  Missions  shall 
consist  of  eleven  ministers  and  five  ruling  elders,  and  a 
quorum  of  this  committee  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness shall  be  the  same  as  a  quorum  of  the  Presbytery. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  and  the  Evange- 
listic Committee  shall  each  consist  of  nine  ministers  and 
fiye  ruling  elders;  and  the  Committee  on  the  Presbyterian 
Brotherhood  shall  consist  of  five  ruling  elders. 

4.  No  member  of  Presbytery  shall  be  chairman  of 
more  than  one  Permanent  Committee.  'Where  one,  al- 
ready Chairman  of  a  Permanent  Committee,  succeeds  to 
a  similar  position  on  another  Permanent  Committee  by 
the  resignation  or  removal  of  its  incumbent,  it  shall  be  his 
privilege  to  choose  which  committee  he  will  serve  as 
Chairman. 

VII.     DUTIES  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COM- 
MITTEES. 
I.     Committee    on    Business.      All    Memorials,    Ozcr- 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      23 

tares.  Complaints,  and.  other  papers  requiring  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Presbytery  shall  be  first  considered  and  re- 
ported by  this  Committee.  This  Committee  shall  ex- 
amine the  Minutes  of  the  General  .Assembly  and  of  the 
Synod  and  report  all  matters  requiring  the  attention  or 
action  of  the  Presbytery  ;  and  the  Stated  and  Permanent 
Clerks  shall  be  ex  officio  members  of  this  Committee. 

2.  The  Executive  Commission  shall  consist  of  the 
Moderator,  ex  officio,  who  shall  be  the  chairman,  and  the 
chairmen  of  the  Permanent  Committees  on  the  Boards 
and  Systematic  Beneficence,  and  (a)  its  duties  shall  be 
to  co-operate  with  the  Executive  Commissions  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  and  of  the  Synod  to  secure  from  all  the 
churches  of  the  Presbytery  their  fair  share  of  contribu- 
tions for  the  work  of  all  the  Boards,  and  (b)  shall  re- 
port its  acts  at  the  September  Stated  Meeting. 

3.  The  Committee  on  Synodical  Home  Missions, 
which  shall  include,  Snstentation,  Outlook,  Vacant 
Churches  and  Supplies,  shall  have  the  supervision  of  the 
entire  field  of  the  Presbytery,  in  the  general  oversight  of 
churches  and  the  care  of  mission  territory,  the  organi- 
zation of  hew  churches  and  of  securing  funds  for  the 
work  of  Snstentation.  This  Committee  (a)  shall  have 
the  care  of  all  the  vacant  churches  and  of  temporary 
supplies  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery;  (b)  shall 
act  as  a  medium  of  communication  between  unemployed 
ministers  and  vacant  churches;  (c)  shall  consider  and 
report  to  Presbytery  all  applications  from  churches  for 
aid  from  the  Synod's  Permanent  Committee  on  Synodi- 
cal Home  Missions,  according  to  the  rules  govern- 
ing such  applications;  (d)  shall  have  authority  in  the 
interim  of  Presbytery  to  apply  for  aid  to  the  Committee 
on  Synodical  Home  Missions  for  needy  churches,  and  to 
grant  leave  to  ministers,  not  members  of  this  Presbytery, 
to  labor  within  its  bounds  until  the  next  regular  meeting; 


24     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

and   (e)  shall  report  all  its  acts  to  each  Stated  Meeting 
of  the  Presbytery. 

4.  The  Committee  on  Home  Missions  shall  have  un- 
der their  care,  (a)  the  interests  of  the  Board  of  Home 
Missions;  (b)  shall  co-operate  with  the  Board  in  giving 
all  the  churches  information  of  the  vast  and  growing  field 
and  arousing  their  interest;  and  (c)  in  securing  liberal 
offerings  every  year  to  this  cause.  This  Committee  shall 
report  at  the  Stated  September  Meeting. 

5.  The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  shall  give  all 
diligence  (a)  to  cultivate  a  missionary  spirit  among  the 
people  of  our  congregations  by  co-operating  with  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  and  the  Missionary  Societies 
within  our  own  bounds  in  the  spreading  of  missionary 
literature  and  information;  and  (b)  to  secure  regular 
and  adequate  contributions  from  each  of  our  churches 
This  Committee  shall  report  at  the  September  Stated 
Meeting. 

6.  The  Committee  on  Education  shall  (a)  exercise 
a  pastoral  care  over  the  candidates  for  the  ministry  un- 
der the  care  of  the  Presbytery;  (b)  hold  correspondence 
with  them;  (c)  receive  reports  of  their  standing  and 
progress  from  their  instructors  and  annually  communi- 
cate the  same  to  the  Presbytery;  (d)  assign  the  written 
parts  of  trial  to  candidates  for  licensure  or  ordination ; 
and  (e)  in  case  of  urgent  necessity  demanding  action  be- 
fore Presbytery  meets  in  regular  session,  recommend 
candidates,  already  under  the  care  of  Presbytery,  for  aid 
to  the  Board.  It  shall  be  in  order  for  this  Committee  to 
report  at  any  Regular  Meeting. 

7.  The  Committee  on  Publication  and  Sabbath-School 
Work  shall  (a)  gather  information  in  regard  to  the  plans, 
aims  and  work  of  that  Board;  (b)  collect,  as  far  as  pos- 
sible, accurate  and  reliable  statistics  concerning  the  Sab- 
bath-School work  within  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery; 


(r)  encourage  the  establishment  of  Sabbath-Schools  in 
destitute  places;  and  (d)  report  the  results  of  its  labors 
to  the  June  Stated  Meeting. 

8.  The  Committee  on  Church  Erection  shall  (a)  re- 
ceive all  applications  from  congregations  desiring  aid 
from  the  Board  of  Church  Erection;  (b)  carefully  ex- 
amine into  the  same;  (c)  recommend  to  the  Presbytery 
such  amount  as  it  may  determine  to  be  necessary;  (d) 
give  ail  proper  encouragement  and  aid  to  the  erection  of 
manses  as  well  as  church  edifices,  where  they  do  not  ex- 
ist ;  and  (e)  report  to  Presbytery  at  its  June  Staled  Meet- 
ing. 

9.  The  Committee  on  Ministerial  Relief  shall  (a) 
carefully  consider  all  applications  of  aged  and  disabled 
ministers  and  their  needy  widows  and  children;  (b) 
recommend  to  the  Presbytery  such  amounts  of  money  as, 
in  its  judgment,  may  be  necessary;  and  (e)  report  to 
Presbytery  at  its  June  Stated  Meeting. 

10.  The  Committee  on  Frecdmen  shall  (a)  gather  and 
present  to  the  Presbytery  such  fact^  as  may  be  oi  inter- 
est in  regard  to  the  colored  people  of  the  country,  to- 
gether with  their  educational  and  religious  necessities ; 
and  (b)  present  the  same  to  the  Presbytery  at  its  Sep- 
tember Stated  Meeting. 

11.  The  Committee  on  Aid  for  Colleges  shall  (a) 
examine  the  reports  of  the  College  Board;  (b)  make  note 
of  its  progress  and  of  the  literary  institutions  under  its 
fostering  care;  and  (c)  report  the  same,  together  with 
such  facts  in  regard  to  the  necessities,  claims  and  en- 
couragements of  this  work  as  may  be  of  interest,  to  Pres- 
bytery, at  its  January  Stated  Meeting. 

12.  The  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  shall 
(a)  make  an  annual  survey  of  the  benevolence  of  the 
churches  within  our  bounds;  (b)  prepare  such  a  sum- 
mary of  the  contributions  of  the  churches  connected  with 


26     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

the  Presbytery  as  shall  enable  it  to  see  what  is  being  done 
for  the  Boards  of  the  Church;  (c)  suggest  any  means 
which,  in  their  judgment,  will  increase  the  liberality  of 
the  churches ;  and  (d)  report  to  Presbytery  at  its  January 
Stated  Meeting. 

13.  The  Committee  on  Morals,  Temperance  and  the 
Sabbath  shall  (a)  keep  an  outlook  upon  and  encourage  all 
movements  for  the  elevation  of  morals,  the  suppression 
of  the  liquor  traffic,  and  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath ; 
and  (b)  shall  report  the  condition  and  progress  of  the 
work  with  such  recommendations  as  it  may  deem  best  to 
the  Presbytery  at  its  January  Stated  Meeting. 

14.  The  Committee  on  Young  People's  Societies  shall 
(a)  have  in  charge  the  interests  of  the  various  organiza- 
tions of  young  people;  and  (b)  report  to  Presbytery 
thereon  at  its  April  Stated  Meeting. 

15.  The  Jlistorical  Committee  shall  procure  a  book 
and  record  therein  such  items  of  interest  as  the  followr- 
ing:  (a)  An  account  of  church  organizations  and  dis- 
solutions; (b)  ordination,  enrollment  and  installation  of 
ministers,  dissolution  of  pastoral  relations  and  dismission 
of  ministers  to  other  bodies;  (c)  biographical  sketches 
of  such  members  as  may  die  while  members  of  this  Pres- 
bytery;  (d)  such  other  historical  information  as  may 
be  calculated,  in  their  judgment  or  in  that  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, to  throw  light  on  the  history  of  the  Church  in 
this  locality;  (e)  a.  compact  history  of  Presbyterianism 
within  our  bounds  for  the  current  year,  including  re- 
vivals of  religion,  the  origin  and  progress  of  literary  in- 
stitutions, great  moral  and  religious  movements,  re- 
movals by  death  from  the  ministry  or  eldership,  and 
('/")  whatever  else  may  be  essential  to  a  complete  record. 
The  report  shall  be  presented  to  Presbytery,  before  be- 
ing entered  in  the  book,  at  its  January  Stated  Meeting. 

16.  The  Evangelistic  Committee  shall    (b)   have  the 


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care  and  direction  of  the  Evangelistic  activities  of  the 
Presbytery;  and  (b)  shall  seek  in  all  ways  to  foster  and 
serve  this  spirit  among  the  churches.  This  Committee 
may  report  at  any  Stated  Meeting. 

17.  The  Committee  on  Brotherhood  shall  (a)  have 
charge  of  and  stimulate  Christian  work  among  men;  (b) 
organize  and  encourage  Brotherhoods  in  the  churches 
where  practicable ;  and  in  all  ways  secure  the  training  of 
the  men  of  the  churches  in  Christian  service;  and  (c) 
shall  report  at  the  January  Stated  Meeting. 

18.  Narrative.  This  Committee  shall  consist  of  three 
ministers,  each  of  whom  shall  serve  for  three  years,  the 
one  holding  senior  membership  in  the  committee  to  be 
the  chairman  for  that  year,  one  new  member  to  be  ap- 
pointed each  year  at  the  September  Stated  Meeting.  Its 
duties  shall  be  (a)  to  prepare  for  the  April  Stated  Meet- 
ing a  Narrative  for  the  General  Assembly  based  on  the 
Narrative  of  the  churches,  as  provided  for  in  Rule  XIV, 
Section  2,  together  with  a  general  and  comparative  study 
of  the  spiritual  conditions  within  the  Presbytery;  (b) 
this  Committee  may  report  to  the  September  Stated  Meet- 
ing such  additional  matter  as  it  may  deem  necessary  to 
make  a  complete  Narrative  to  Synod;  and  (c)  each  re- 
tiring Chairman  shall  transfer  to  his  successor  all  reports 
and  records  relating  to  the  work  of  the  Committee  in 
order  that  comparisons  may  be  made  and  conditions 
studied  with  care  and  thoroughness  from  year  to  year. 

19.  The  Committee  on  Vacancies  in  the  Permanent 
Committees,  consisting  of  the  Moderator,  the  Stated  and 
the  Permanent  Clerks,  shall  nominate  to  the  Presbytery, 
at  each  Stated  Meeting,  such  members  of  the  body  as, 
in  their  judgment,  are  best  qualified  to  fill  any  vacancies 
that  may  exist  in  any  of  the  above-named  Committees. 

VIIL     STANDING  COMMITTEES. 
Standing  Committees  are  such  as  have  a  temporary 


28     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

duty  to  a  standing  item  of  business.  They  are  discharged 
by  the  action  of  Presbytery  on  their  final  report.  The 
following  shall  be  appointed  as  provided  for  by  the 
Dockets : 

i.  Arrangements  and  Devotional  Exercises. — 
To  consist  of  the  Session  of  the  church  in  which  the 
Presbytery  meets.  This  Committee  shall  make  all  need- 
fid  arrangements  for  the  entertainment  of  the  members 
of  the  Presbytery,  its  hours  of  sessions,  devotional  ex- 
ercises and  popular  meetings,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Presbytery. 

2.  Judicial. — To  consist  of  three  ministers  and  two 
ruling  elders,  to  which  shall  be  referred  all  papers  of  a 
judicial  character. 

3.  Bills  and  Overtures. — To  consist  of  three  min- 
isters and  two  ruling  elders,  to  whom  shall  be  referred 
all  overtures,  memorials  and  references,  other  than  judi- 
cial, sent  to  Presbytery. 

4.  Records  of  Sessions. —  (1)  Sessional  records 
shall  be  examined  by  a  Standing  Committee  of  Presby- 
tery composed  of  six  ministers  and  six  ruling  elders, 
with  the  assistance  of  more  in  each  class  in  case  of  tem- 
porary   need. 

(2)  This  Committee  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Moder- 
ator with  consent  of  Presbytery,  as  follows :  Two  minis- 
ters annually  at  the  September  Stated  Meeting  to  serve 
for  three  years,  except  that  at  the  first  appointment  two 
shnll  be  appointed  for  one  year,  two  for  two  years,  and 
two  for  three  years.  Ruling  elders  shall  be  appointed  at 
each  Stated  Meeting  of  Presbytery  whereat  sessional 
records  are  to  be  examined,  to  serve  until  their  successors 
are  appointed ;  additional  men  shall  be  appointed  pro  tetn. 
at  any  meeting  on  request  of  the  Standing  Committee. 

(3)  The  Constitution  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America,  in  the  latest  edition  ap- 


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proved  by  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be  the  Committee's 
standard  for  the  examination  of  Sessional  Records. 

(4)  In  addition  to  noting  exceptions  the  Committee 
shall  considerately  seek  to  stimulate  the  practice  by  ses- 
sions of  keeping  a  fair  record  of  their  proceedings  cor- 
rectly recorded,  comprehensive,  accurate  and  neat. 

(j;)  Before  the  close  of  the  meeting  at  which  Sessional 
Records  are  submitted  the  Committee  shall  report  to 
Presbytery  its  findings  in  each  case,  and  shall  suitably 
inscribe  upon  every  copy  the  action  of  Presbytery  relat- 
ing thereto,  in  order  that  the  Moderator  may  conveniently 
add  his  signature  in  attestation  thereof. 

(6)  The  standing  members  may  adopt  regulations  for 
the  performance  of  the  Committee's  duties,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  Presbytery. 

5.  Auditors. — To  consist  of  three  ruling  elders,  to 
be  appointed  at  the  September  Stated  Meeting,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  (a)  to  examine  the  Treasurer's  report  and 
vouchers  and  (b)  make  written  report  thereon  to  Pres- 
bytery. 

6.  Leave  of  Absence. — To  consist  of  two  ministers 
and  one  ruling  elder.  All  communications  in  regard  to 
the  absence  of  members  of  the  Presbytery  shall  be  re- 
ferred to  this  Committee,  who  shall  (a)  make  record 
thereof;  (b)  hear  the  case  of  all  members  who  find  it 
necessary  to  leave  the  body  before  its  final  adjournment 
and  act  thereon;  and  (c)  make  a  full  and  written  report 
at  the  close  of  the  final  session  of  the  Presbytery. 

IX.     COMMITTEES   ON   EXAMINATIONS. 
There    shall   be   a    Committee   appointed    for   the   ex- 
amination  of  candidates  for  the  ministry,   for  licensure 
and  ordination,  on  each  of  the  following  parts  of  trial ; 

1.  Experimental  religion  and  motives  for  seeking  the 

office  of  the  ministry. 

2.  Languages. 


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3.  Arts,  sciences  and  philosophy. 

4.  Theology. 

5.  Church  History. 

6.  Sacraments. 

7.  Church  Government. 

8.  'English  Bible. 


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X.    CANDIDATES  AND  THEIR  EXAMINATIONS. 

1.  Candidates  for  the  ministry,  as  well  as  licentiates 
under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery,  shall  report  annually, 
through  the  Giairman  of  the  Permanent  Committee  on 
Education,  to  the  Presbytery. 

2.  The  written  parts  of  trial  assigned  to  candidates 
for  the  ministry,  except  the  sermon,  shall  be  referred  to 
the  joint  Committees  on  Languages,  and,  Arts  and 
Sciences  for  examination.  Examinations  in  languages, 
arts,  sciences  and  philosophy  shall  be  conducted  before 
the  respective  Committees  on  these  branches,  and  the 
other  examinations,  unless  otherwise  ordered  before  the 
Presbytery. 

XI.    COMMISSIONERS. 

1.  On  the  afternoon  of  the  first  day  of  the  April 
Stated  Meeting  the  Commissioners  to  the  General  As- 
sembly shall  be  elected.  They  shall  report  to  the  Pres- 
bytery, in  person  or  in  writing,  at  its  June  Stated  Meet- 
ing. The  alternate  having  received  the  highest  number  of 
votes  shall  be  the  alternate  first  in  order  to  any  principal 
who  may  be  unable  to  fulfil  his  appointment. 

shall  have  been  exhausted.     Any  principal  and  alternate 

2.  The  delegates  to  the  Synod  shall  be  elected  on  the 
afternoon  of  the  first  day  of  the  September  Stated  Meet- 
ing, and  shall  report  to  Presbytery,  in  person  or  in  writ- 
ing, at  its  January  Stated  Meeting.  The  Presbytery 
shall  pay  the  expenses  of  its  Commissioners  only  to  the 
extent  of  the  lowest  railroad  fare  to  and  from  the  place 


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of  meeting,  plus  one  dollar  en  route  in  case  of  additional 
expenses. 

3.  For  the  purpose  of  the  election  of  delegates  to 
Synod,  an  alphabetical  roll  of  the  Presbytery  shall  be 
prepared.  The  said  roll  shall  consist  of  the  names  of 
ministers  who  are  engaged  in  ministerial  work  within  our 
own  bounds  and  have  been  members  of  the  Presbytery 
at  least  one  year.  The  first  six  names  or  such  ratio  as 
shall  at  any  time  exist  shall  be  principals,  and  the  second 
six  alternates,  and  so  on  down  the  roll  until  this  roll 
shall  have  been  exhausted.  Any  principal  and  alternate 
may  at  their  convenience  exchange  turns ;  and  any  alter- 
nate who  shall  take  the  place  of  a  principal  shall  be  re- 
garded as  having  filled  his  own  term.  When  the  roll  is 
exhausted  a  new  roll  shall  be  made  of  Presbytery  as  it 
shall  then  consist.  The  same  plan  shall  be  followed  for 
eider  delegates,  taking  one  elder  from  a  church  or  from 
the  two  churches  of  a  joint  pastorate  on  the  alphabetical 
roll  of  churches.  Whenever  the  interests  of  the  Presby- 
tery or  considerations  of  courtesy  shall  make  it  desirable 
to  send  any  special  delegates,  nothing  in  this  plan  shall 
militate  against  such  special  election. 

XII.     CHURCH  SESSIONS. 

1.  At  the  September  Stated  Meeting,  each  church 
Session  shall  present  its  records  for  review  to  the  Com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  Presbytery  for  the  purpose. 

2.  Each  church  Session  shall  prepare  the  narrative  of 
the  state  of  religion  within  its  bounds,  on  the  blank  sent 
out  by  the  Stated  Clerk,  and  forward  the  same  to  the 
Committee  on  Narrative,  at  least  two  weeks  before  the 
April  Stated  Meeting,  and,  when  there  is  additional  mat- 
ter to  be  added,  two  weeks  before  the  September  Stated 
Meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

3.  Each  church  Session  shall  promptly  fill  the  various 
columns  in  the  blank  statistical  report  sent  out  by  the 


Stated  Clerk,  and  return  the  same  to  him,  at  least  one 
week  before  the  April  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Presbytery. 

XIII.  VACANT  CHURCHES, 
i.  Whenever  a  church  becomes  vacant  it  falls  under 
the  immediate  care  of  the  Committee  on  Synodical  Home 
Missions,  and  so  continues  until  brought  regularly  under 
the  charge  of  an  individual  pastor;  and  the  Committee 
shall  proceed  immediately  to  take  such  order  in  its  be- 
half as  its  circumstances  may  require. 

2.  The  appointment  of  a  minister  of  the  Presbytery 
as  the  Moderator  of  the  Session  of  a  vacant  church  shall 
in  no  case  be  omitted.  Said  Moderator  may  be  nominated 
by  the  Session. 

3.  The  Session  of  a  vacant  church  may  ask  leave  of 
the  Presbytery  to  supply  its  own  pulpit ;  and  when  said 
leave  is  obtained  it  shall,  unless  renewed,  expire  at  the 
next  Stated  Meeting.  In  the  absence  of  such  leave  the 
Session  shall,  in  general,  apply  for  supplies  for  its  pulpit 
to  the  Committee  on  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

4.  The  Sessions  of  vacant  churches  may  properly  ap- 
ply for  the  aid  of  the  Presbytery,  through  the  Committee 
on  Synodical  Home  Missions,  in  obtaining  candidates 
for  the  pastorate,  and  they  should  by  all  means  do  it  when 
the  vacancy  has  been  of  long  continuance. 

5.  No  vacant  church  shall  open  its  pulpit  to  a 
stranger  as  a  candidate,  and  especially  not  to  one  not  in 
our  ecclesiastical  connection,  without  consultation  with 
the  the  Committee  on  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

6.  When  a  church  has  been  long  vacant,  the  Presby- 
tery shall  visit  it,  by  a  Committee,  for  the  purpose  of 
inquiry  concerning  its  welfare  and  prospects,  and  of  mak- 
ing such  suggestions  and  giving  such  counsel  as  the  case 
may  require. 

7.  If  it  become  known  to  Presbytery  that  dan- 
gerous difficulties  exist  in  any  vacant  church,  which  re- 


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quire  its  interposition,  it  shall  appoint  a  commission, 
with  the  full  power  of  the  Presbytery,  to  adopt  whatever 
measures  may  be  required  for  the  peace,  purity  and  pros- 
perity of  the  church. 

XIV.  AMENDMENTS. 
Any  of  these  Standing  Rules  may  be  suspended,  at 
aii}'  meeting,  by  a  two-thirds  vote ;  or  may  be  amended 
or  rescinded  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present  at  any  Stated  Meeting,  provided  that  notice  of 
such  intended  change  has  been  given  at  a  previous  Stated 
Meeting. 


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The  Dockets 


FOR  THE  JANUARY  STATED  MEETING. 

The  following  Order  of  Business  shall  be  observed,  as 
far  as  possible,  during  the  sessions  of  the  January  Stated 
Meeting : 
i.     Half-hour  Devotional  Exercises. 

Constituting  Prayer. 

Calling  of  Roll. 

Election  of  Temporary  Clerk. 

Report  of  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

Reading  and  Approval  of  Recorded  Minutes. 

Report  of  Stated  Clerk. 

Report  of  Business  Committee. 

Appointment  of  Committees,  if  needed,  on : 

(a)  Bills  and  Overtures. 

(b)  Judicial. 

10.     Reports  of  Permanent  Committees  on : 

(a)  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

(b)  Morals,  Temperance  and  the  Sabbath. 

(c)  Systematic  Beneficence. 

(d)  Aid  for  Colleges. 

(e)  Presbyterian    Brotherhood. 
(/)  Historical. 

it.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

12.  Report  of  Delegates  to  the  Synod. 

13.  Select  Next  Place  of  Meeting. 

14.  Reading  of  Minutes. 

15.  Adjournment. 

FOR    THE    APRIL    STATED    MEETING. 

The  following  Order  of  Business  shall  be  observed,  as 


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sessions  of  the  April  Stated 


far  as  possible,  during  th 
Meeting: 


10. 
ii. 


12 

U 
1 6. 


Sermon. 

Constituting  Prayer. 

Calling  of  the  Roll. 

Election  of  Moderator  and  Temporary  Clerk. 

Report  of  the  Committee  of  Arrange  rents. 

Reading  and  Approval  of  Recorded  Minutes. 

Report  of  the  Stated  Clerk. 

Report  of  Business  Committee. 

Appointment  of  Committees,  if  needed,  on : 

(a)  Bills  and  Overtures. 

(b)  Judicial. 

(c)  Leave  of  Absence, 

Election  of  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly. 
Reports  of  Permanent  Committees  on  : 

(a)  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

(b)  Education. 

(c)  Young  People's  Societies. 

(d)  Narrative  of  Christian  Life  and  Work. 
Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

Report  on  Vacancies  in  Permanent  Committees. 
Select  Next  Place  of  Meeting. 
Reading  the   Minutes. 
Adjournment. 


FOR  THE  JUNE  STATED   MEETING. 

The  following  Order  of  Business  shall  be  observed,  as 
far  as  possible,  during  the  sessions  of  the  June  Stated 
Meeting: 

1.  Half-hour   Devotional   Exersises. 

2.  Constituting  Prayer. 

3.  Calling  of  the  Roll.  1 

4.  Election  of  Temporary  Clerk. 


86     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

5.  Report   of   Committee   of   Arrangements. 

6.  Reading  and  Approval   of  Recorded   Minutes. 

7.  Report   of   Stated   Clerk. 

8.  Report   of    Business    Committee. 

9     Appointment  of  Committees,  if  needed,  on : 

(a)  Bills  and  Overtures. 

(b)  Judicial. 

10.  Reports  of  Permanent  Committees  on : 

(a)  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

(b)  Publication  and  Sabbath  School  Work. 

(c)  Ministerial  Relief. 

(d)  Church  Erection. 

(e)  American  Bible  Society. 
(/)     Work  Among  Foreigners. 

11.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

12.  Report  of  Commissioners  to  the  General  Assembly. 

13.  Select  Next  Place  of  Meeting, 

14.  Reading  of  Minutes. 

15.  Adjournment. 

FOR   THE    SEPTEMBER    STATED    MEETING. 

The  following  Order  of  Business  shall  be  observed,  as 
far  as  possible,  during  the  sessions  of  the  September 
Stated  Meeting : 

1.  Sermon. 

2.  ^Constituting  Prayer. 

3.  Calling  of  the  Roll. 

4.  Election  of  Moderator  and  Temporary  Clerk. 

5.  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

6.  Reading  and  Approval  of  Recorded  Minutes. 

7.  Report  of  the  Stated  Clerk. 

8.  Report  of  the  Business  Committee. 

9.  Appointment  of  Committees,  if  needed,  on : 

(a)  Bills  and  Overtures. 

(b)  Judicial. 


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(c)  Records  of  Church  Sessions. 

(d)  Auditing  Treasurer's  Accounts. 
(c)     Leave  of  Absence. 

10.     Report  of  the  Treasurer. 

ii.     Report  of  Committee  on  Assessments. 

12.  Reports  of  Permanent  Committees  on: 

(a)  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

(/?)  Home  Missions. 

(c)  Foreign  Missions. 

(d)  Education. 

(e)  Freedmen. 

(/)     Executive  Commission. 

13.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

14.  Report  on  Vacancies  in  Permanent  Committees. 

15.  Select  Next  Place  of  Meeting. 

16.  Reading  the  Minutes. 

17.  Adjournment. 


38     MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 
ALPHABETICAL  ROLL  FOR  SYNODICAL  DELEGATES. 

IQIO. 

A.     MINISTERS. 


Ervrit    S.    Boice. 
William    Boyd. 
George    B.    Carr. 
James    Carter. 
Samuel    Conn. 
Howard  C.  Cooper. 
P.  J.  Augustus  Coxe. 
Llewellyn  James  Davies. 
A.    Raymond   Eckels. 
Henry  N.  Faulconer. 
Cleveland   Frame. 
George  E.   Gillespie. 
John  Graham. 
W.  W.  Heberton. 
George    N.    Hertzog. 
D.  Wilson  Hollinger. 
\Y.  R.  Huston. 
Robert  C.  Jenkins. 
George    Johnson. 
Samuel   W.  Johnson. 
William  H.  Johnson. 
Robert  J.  Johnston. 
Egidius  Kellmayer. 
James   R.  Kerr. 
Thomas  Kerr. 
Harvey  W.  Koehler. 
William    T.    Kruse. 
W.    R.   Laird. 
A.   L.  Latham. 
S.   Flarper  Leeper. 
Samuel   T.  Linton. 
Frank    Malven. 
George  A.  Marr. 


Henry  G.   Martin. 
Thomas   R.   McDowell. 
Wra.  C  McKnight 
Hector  A.  McLean 
Philip  H.  Mowry. 
Lewis  W.  Mudge. 
V.   V.    Nicholas. 
Robert    M.    Patterson. 
William  A.  Patton. 
Euclid  Philips. 
Frank  C.   Putnam. 
Hugh  W.   Rendall. 
Humphrey  J.  Rendall. 
Isaac  N.  Rendall. 
John  B.   Rendall. 
Frank  H.   Ridgley. 
G.  A.  Johnston  Ross. 
Arthur   Richards 
Martin    L.    Ross. 
Felix   B.   Santilli. 
E.    Ray    Simons. 
Robert  L.   Stewart. 
R.  Howard  Taylor. 
Thomas   M.  Thomas. 
David   Tully. 
George  L.  VanAlen. 
Eugene  M.  VanNote. 
Henry  S.  VanOsten. 
W.   Potter  VanTries. 
Edward    Warren. 
Charles  R.  Williamson. 
David   Winters. 
William   M.   Woodfin. 


B.     CHURCHES. 


Anderson. 

Ashmun. 

Avondale. 


Bethany,  of  Chester. 

Bryn    Mawr. 

Calvary,  at  Highland  Park. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER 


Chambers    Memorial. 
Charlestown, 

Chester    First. 
Chester   Second. 
Chester    Third. 
Chester   Fifth. 
Chichester    Memorial. 
Clifton  Heights. 
Coatesville. 
Darby   Borough. 
Dilworthtown. 
Doe  Run. 

Downingtown  Central. 
East   Whiteland. 
Faggs    Manor. 
Fairview. 

Forks  of  Brandywine. 
Glenolden  First. 
Glen   Riddle. 
Great    Valley. 
Holmes. 
Honeybrook. 
Kennett    Square. 
Lansdowne   First. 
Leiper  Memorial. 
Llanerch. 
Malvern    First. 


Marple. 

Media. 

Middletown. 

New   London. 

Nottingham. 

Olivet,   of   Moore. 

Oxford    First. 

Oxford   Second. 

Paoli    First. 

Parkesburg   First. 

Penningtonville. 

Phoenixville. 

Radnor,  of  Wayne. 

Ridley    Park. 

Sharon   Hill. 

St.  John's,  of  Devon. 

Swarthmore. 

Toughkenamon. 

Trinity,  of  Berwyn. 

Unionville. 

Upper  Cctorara. 

Wallingford. 

Wayne. 

West  Chester  First. 

West  Chester  Second. 

Westminster. 

West  Grove. 


40  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 


PERMANENT  COMMITTEES 

i.     COMMITTEE  ON  BUSINESS. 
Rev.     Lewis     W.     Mudge,     D.     D., 
Chairman. 

Rev.   Charles  R.  Williamson,   Ph.   D. 
Rev.    William    Rankin    Huston. 
Rev.    William    A.    Patton.    D.    D. 
Rev.   Wm.  Teuton   Kruse,   ex  officio. 
Rev.    James    R.    Kerr,    ex    officio. 
Elder    Charles     S.     Welles,     Middle- 
town. 
Elder  Alfred  P.   Reid,   Westminster. 
Eider   George    K.    Cross,    Glenolden. 

2.      EVANGELISTIC   COMMITTEE. 

Rev.    W.    R.    Laird,    Ph.    D..    Chair- 
man. 

Rev.   William  Boyd. 

Rev.    Lewis    W.    Mud?e,    D.    D. 

Rev.   A.    L.    Latham,   Ph.    D. 

Rev.    George    E.    Gillespie. 

Rev.   Thomas   R.    McDowell. 

Rev.   Charles   R.   Williamson,  Ph.  D. 

Rev.    Samuel    T.    Linton. 

Rev.    Harvey    W.    Koehler. 

Elder   William   H.    Ridgway,   Coates- 
vilie. 

Elder    J.     Chester     Wilson,     Clifton 
Heights. 

Elder  John  G.   Mackay,  Media. 

Elder    J.     H.     JeEreris,     St.     John's, 
Devon. 

Elder    Maxwell    Ocheltree,    Chester 
Third. 

3.     PRESBYTERIAN  BROTHERHOOD. 

Elder   J.    H.    Jefferis,    Chairman. 

Eider     Maxwell     Ocheltree,     Chester 
Third. 

Elder    Granville    L.     Rettew,    West- 
minster. 

Elder      J.      Hayes     Turner.      Faggs 
Manor. 

Elder    Charles    L.    Huston.    Coates- 
ville. 

4.     SYNODICAL  HOME    MISSIONS. 

Rev.    Thomas    R.    McDowell,    Chair- 
man. 

Rev.    Philip    H.    Mowry,    D.    D. 

Rev.    John    B.    Rendall,    D.    D. 

Rev.    William    A.    Patton,    D.    D. 

Rev.   W.   R.    Laird,    Ph.    D. 

Rev.   Hector  A.    McLean. 

Rev.   William   Bovd. 

Rev.   Charles  R  Williamson,   Ph.   D. 

Rev.    George    E.    Gillespie. 

Rev.  David  Tully,  D.  D. 

Rev.   Frank  C.    Putnam. 

Elder      J.      Frank     Black,     Chester 
Third. 

Elder  Alfred  P.   Reid,   Westminster. 

Elder      Clifton       Dowlin,      M.       D., 
Forks'    Brandy  wine. 

Elder    Jacob    Y.    McConnell,    Darby 
Borough. 

Elder  Alfred   E.   Townsend.   Oxford 
First. 


MAXl'AL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.     41 

5.      HOME    MISSIONS. 
Rev.     Wm.     IT.     Johnson,     Ph.     1'.. 

Chairman. 
Rev.    i  ewis    W.    .\iml:c,    D.    1). 
Rev.    Robert   J.  Johnston.   Ph.    D. 
Rev.    Martin   L.   Ross.   D.    D. 
R    -  .    Davia    Winter.    LL.    1). 
Elder    J.    L.    Twaddel!,    St.    John's, 

of   Devon. 
Elder     John     C.     llinkson,     Chester 

Third. 
Eider    Tames    Murray,    Phcenixvi'le. 


6.     FOREIGN    MISSIONS. 


Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
'Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Elder 


S.    Harper   Leepera    Chairman. 
William   Teuton    u 

George    E.    Gillespie. 
George  "N.    Hertzes. 
Thomas   Kerr. 
Eugene    M.    VanNote. 
Abraham    L.    Latham.    Ph.    D. 
Vandeveer    V.    Nicholas. 
Euclid    Philips. 
Charles     S.     Welles,     Middle- 


town. 
Flder  C.    I.    Leiper,   Media. 
Elder    Thompson    McCIintock,    Bryn 

Mawr. 
Elder     T.     Houard     Wright,     Lans- 

downe. 
Elder   J.    II.    Jefferis.    St.   John's,   of 

Devon. 


EDUCATION. 


Rev.    Frank   Malven.    Chairman. 

Rev.    Robert    L.    Stewart,    D.    D. 

Rev.    A.    Raymond    Eckles. 

Rev.   Wm.   Hallock  Johnson,  Ph.   D. 

Rev.     James     Carter. 

Eider      J.       Hayes     Turner,      Faggs 

Manor. 
Elder    Samuel    W.     Lawrie.    Oxford 

First. 
Elder   Walter    L.    Wright,    Jr.,    Ash- 

ffliin. 


PUBLICATION  AND  SABBATH  SCHOOL  WORK. 


Rev.  Wm.  Rankin  Huston,  Chair- 
man. 

Rev.    William   Teuton    Kruse. 

Rev.    Wm.    W.    Herberton,    D.    D. 

Rev.     D.     Wilson    Hollinger. 

Rev.    John    Graham,    D.    D. 

Elder   Samuel   F.   Irwin.   \  ansdowne. 

Elder    A.    G.    C.    Smith.    Media. 

Elder  William  H.  Ridgwav.  Coates- 
ville. 


Rev.    A.   L.   Latham,   Ph. 

man. 
Rev.    David    Tully,    D.    D. 
Rev.    Hector   A.    McLean. 
Rev.    S.    Harper    Leeper. 
Rev.    James   R.    Kerr. 


CHURCH    ERECTION. 
D.,   Chair- 


42  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 


Elder    Tames    A.    McKnight,    Ridley 

Park! 
E!der     William     B.     Staulter     Down- 

ingtown. 

Elder   Frank  Innis,   Chester   Second. 


MINISTERIAL   RELIEF. 


■Rev.  Hector  A.  McLean,  Chair- 
man. 

Rev.    Samue!  T.   Linton. 

Rev.    George   L.    Van    Alen. 

Rev.     A.     Raymond    Eckles. 

Rev.     Arthur    Richards. 

Elder  Wm.  A.  Hofman,  Darby 
Borough. 

Elder  John  H.  Dingee,  Great 
\  alley. 

Elder    Robert    Hutch-son,    Malvern. 


FREEDMEX. 


Rev.  I.  N  Rendal!,  D.  D.,  Chair- 
man. 

Rev.    George   Johnson. 

Rev.    Samue!    \Y.    Johnson. 

Rev.    Thomas    M.    Johnson. 

Rev.    Humphrey   J.    Rendall. 

Elder     T.     E.     Ramsev.     Swarthmore. 

Elder  J.  Wiilison  Watt,  Oxford 
First. 

Elder   William    S.    Gibb,    Wayne. 


AID   FOR   COLLEGES. 


Rev.    R.    Howard   Tavlor,   Chairman. 

Rev.  Hurh   W.   Rendall. 

Rev.     T  k'wellyn    J.     Davies. 

Rev.    William   C. 'McKr.ight. 

Rev.    W.    Potter  Win  Tries. 

Elder  Harris  A.  Sproat,  Dilworth- 
town. 

Elder  Josiah  Swank.  Downingtown. 
Memorial. 

Elder  H.  H.  Bitler,  Chambers  Me- 
morial. 


13.      SYSTEMATIC   BENEFICENCE. 


Rev.  William    Boyd,    Chairman. 

Rev.  George     Tohnson. 

Rev.  Euclid    Philips. 

Rev.  Cleveland    Frame. 

Rev.  William    C.    McKnight. 

Elder     Chari.es     K.      Welsh,     Darby 

Borough. 
Elder  Joel  P.  Conrad,  New  I  ondon. 
Elder      T.      R.       Maxwell,     M.      D., 

Parkesburg. 


14.      TEMPERANCE,    PUBLIC    MORALS,    AND    THE    SABBATH. 


Rev.     William     M.     Woodfin.    Chair- 
man. 
Rev.    Washington    R.    Laird,    Ph.    D. 
Rev.    James    R.    Kerr. 
Rev.    D.    Wilson    Hollineer. 
Rev.    Ervrit    S.    Boice,    M.    D. 


MAXUALOF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      i{ 


Elder   Henry   ii.    Blatchley,    Wayne. 
:     ..       Ji  o.  '  G.     Thomas,      M      !»., 

Warple 
Elder      John      II.      Co!e,      Kenni  u 

Snuare. 


tS-     Yi         •■    PE<   :  ;  E'S   SOCIE1  tES. 


Rev.   Wm.    A.   Patton     D.    J)  . 

man. 
Rev.    Chas.    R.    \\  Ph.    J). 

Re   .    Samuel    T.    i  i 
Rev     E.    Ray    Sim 
Rev.    Howard   C.   Cooper. 
Elder      J.      Y.      McConnell,     Darby 

Borouph. 
Elder      Wm.       C.       Rusted.       West 

Chester   First. 
Elder    Frank    G.     Sweeney.    Chester 

First. 


t6.      HISTORICAL 


Rev.  Wm.    Rankin    Huston,    Chair- 
man. 

Rev.  George  B.   Carr,   D.    D. 

Rev.  Willi  am   Teuton    Kruse. 

Rev.  Georce    N.    Hertzog. 

Rev.  David  Tully,    D.   D. 

Rev.  William    M.    Woodfin. 

Elder   George    K.    Cross^    GlenoVlen. 
Elder    Wilmer    W.    McElree,    West- 
minster. 
Elder    Joseph    A.    Ball,    Radnor. 


7.      AMERICAN    BIBLE    SOCIETY. 


Rev.      Robt.      L.     Stewart,     D,     D., 
Chairman. 

Rev.     A.    L.    Latham.    Ph.    D. 

Elder     T.     Chester     Wilson,     Clifton 
Heights. 


1 8.      AMERICAN    TRACT    SOCIETY. 

Rev.    Robert   C.    Jenkins,    Chairman. 
Rev.    Egidius   Kellmoyer. 

E*der      Samuel      W.      Scott.     LTpper 
Octorara. 

io.      NARRATIVE    OF    CHRISTIAN    LIFE    AND    WORK.       (Members 

serve    for    three    years.) 
Rev.     W.     M      Woodfin,     Chairman, 

(iQIO-IQIl). 

Rev.    A.    L.    Latham,   Ph.    D. 


20.      SESSIONAL    RECORDS.       (Members    serve    for    three    years.) 
Rev.    Frank    C.    Putnam,    Chairman. 

(iQTO-IOII  ) 

Rev.    E.   Ray   Simons 

Rev.    Robert   J.   Johnson,    Ph.    D. 


4'4  V*  ANVAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER 


THE  TRUSTEES  OF  PRESBYTERY. 


TERM     EXPIRES     I QI  I. 

Rev.   Lewis   W.    Mudge,   D.   L\ 
Elder     Thomas    G.    Janvier. 
Elder      Albert    E.    Townsend. 

TtSM     EXPIRES     I9I-'. 

Rev.     William     Boyd. 
I  Mer     John   II.    Dingee. 
Elder     J.    Frank   Black. 

term    expires    1913. 
Elder     A.    P.    Reed,    Chairman. 
Kev.    1.    B.    Kendall',   D.   D.,   Se 
fcev.    Philip   H.   Mewry,   D.    D. 


COMMITTEES  ON  EXAMINATION 


I.         EXPERIMENTAL     reltgion. 

'.  v     David   Tullv,    D.    D. 
Rev.    Robert    L.    Stewart,    D.    D. 
Rev.    James    R.    Kerr. 

ARTS,     SCIENCE     AND     PHILOSOPHY. 

Rev.    John   B.   Rendall,  D.    D. 
Rev.   Chas.   R.   Williamson,  Ph.  D. 
Rev.    Wm,   Hallock  Johnson,  Ph.   LX 

3.       LANGUAGES'. 

Rev.   John   B.   Rendall,  D.    D. 
Rev.     William    Boyd. 
Rev.   Frank   Malven. 

4.         THEOLOGY. 

Rev,   George  John 

Rev.    Philip    H.    Mowry,    D.    D. 
Rev.    Lewis    W.    Mudge,    D.    D. 

5.        CHURCH     HISTORY. 

Rev.    David    Winters,    LL.    D. 

Rev,    Abraham    L.    Latham,    Ph.    DL 

Kiev.     James     Carter. 

6.        CHURCH   GOVERNMENT. 

Rev.  W.  K.  Laird,  Ph.  D-. 
Rev.  William  M.  Woodfin. 
Rev.   Geocge  L.  Van  Alen. 

7.         THE      SACRAMENTS. 

Rev.    William    Terrton    Kruse. 
Rev.    George    Ef.   Carr,    D.    IX, 

Rev.    R.    Howard  Taylor. 

8.         THE      ENGLISH      BISLJE- 

Rev.    David   Tuliy,    B.    D. 

William    Bovd. 
Rev.   W.    K.    Laird,  Ph.    D. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OE  CHESTER.      45 
1910. 


DIRECTORY  OF  CHURCHES,  PASTORS,  RULING 

ELDERS,  AXD  SABBATH  SCHOOL 

SUPERINTENDENTS. 


1906.— ANDERSON. 

j.  E.  Barth,  S.  S.,  1906-1907. 

Henry  S.  Van  Osten,  Llanarch,  S.  S.,  1908- 

Elder,  Andrew  H.  Beschor,*  Upper  Darby. 

S.  S.  Supt. — T.  Houard  Wright,  Lansdowne. 

18S7.— ASHMUX. 

I.  N.  Randall,  D.  D.,  S.  S.,  1887-1907. 
J.  B.  Rendell,  D.  D.,  Lincoln  University,  S.  S.,  1907- 
Elder,  Walter  L.  Wright,  Jr.  *  Lincoln  University. 
S.   S.   Supt.— Rev.   I.   N.   Rendall,  D.   D.,   Lincoln  Uni- 
versity. 

1870.— AVONDALE] 

Henry  C.  Sperbeck,  P.,  Dec.  17,  1901-Nov.  28,  1904. 
Thomas  R.  McDowell,  Elkview,  P.,  Mar.  7,  1906- 
Elders,  George  M.  Chandler,  Avondale. 

Oliver  Baker,*  Chatham. 
S.  S.  Supt.— George  M.  Chandler,  Avondale. 

1890.— BETHAJJY,  CHESTER. 
Harry  S.  Bloch,  P.,  Nov.  19,  1902-Sept.  25,  1906. 
IT.  Preston  McHenry,  P.,  Feb.  28,  1907-Jan.  28,  1908. 
Egidius  Kellmayer,  Chester,  P.,  Nov.  10,  1908- 
Elders,  Anson  A.  Avery,*  Chester. 

E.  M.  Armstrong,  Chester. 

Robert  J.  Macklem,  Chester. 

Samuel  Hill,  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Anson  A.  Avery,  Chester. 


4G  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

[873.— BRYN  MAWR. 

Wm.  Hamilton  Miller,  D.  D.,  P.,  Sept.  24,  1874-Mar.  10, 

1907. 
G.  A.  Johnston  Ross,  Bryn  Mawr,  P.,  Oct.  19,  1909- 
Elders,  W.  L.  Austin,  Bryn  Mawr. 

Alba  B.  Johnson,  LL.  D.,  Rosemont. 

Thompson  McClintock,  Haverfofd. 

William  E.  Steen,  Bryn  Mawr. 

B.  K.  Wilbur,  M.  D.,  Rosemont. 

Charles  Wilson,*  Box  224.  Rosemont. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Charles  Wilson,  Rosemont. 

1908.— CALVARY,  HIGHLAND  PARK. 
David  Tully,  D.  D.,  Media.  S.  S.,  1910- 
Elder,  Theodore  Wilson,*  Llanerch. 
S.  S.  Supt.: — Theodore  Wilson,  Llanerch. 

1889.— CHAMBERS  MEMORIAL,  RUTLEDGE. 
Wm.  W.  McKinney,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  P.,  May  10,   1892- 

Sept.  25,  1905. 
George  L.  VanAlen,  P.,  Rutledge,  July  2,  1906- 
Elders,  Henry  II.  Bitler,*  Rutledge. 

xMexander  Andrew,   1638  Market  St.,   Philadel- 
phia. 

Tames  IT.  Eowen,  Rutledge. 

Edward  M.  Boyd,  Rutledge. 

William  H.  Gatchell,  Rutledge. 

Benjamin  C.  Davis,  Rutledge. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Henry  H.  Bitler,  Rutledge. 

1 770.— CHARLESTOWN. 

Vacant. 

1852.— CHESTER,  FIRST. 

Philip  H.  Mowry,  D.  D.,  Chester,  P..  Dec.  12,  1872- 

Elders,  John  Griffin,*   Chester. 

John  Cochran,  Chester. 

Wallace  W.  Gayley,  Chester. 

Samuel   C.   Miller. 

William  H.  Nelson,  Chester. 

Richard  R.  Spencer,  Chester. 

Col.  Frank  G.  Sweeney,  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Samuel  C.  Miller,  Chester. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      47 

r866.— CHESTER,  SECOND. 
WiHiara  MacFarJand,  P.,  Oct.  8,  1903-May  31,  1909. 
Harvey  W.  Koehler,  Chester,  P.,  Oct.  26,  1909- 
Elders,  Frank  Innis,*  Chester. 

Robert  Ross,  Chester. 

Caleb  R.  Wright,  Chester. 

Walter   Xethery,  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Robert  Ross,  725  W.  5th,  Chester. 

I872.— CHESTER,  THIRD. 

Abraham  L.  Latham,  Ph.  D.,  Chester,  P.,  Feb.  17,  1904- 

Elders,  John  C.  Hinkson,*  Chester. 

C.  H.  Hubbard,  M.  D.,  Chester. 

J.  Frank  Black.  Chester. 

M.  Ocheltree,  Chester. 

H.  C.  Duff,  Chester. 

John  B.  Black,  Chester. 

Wm.  M.  Hawthorne,  Chester. 

B.  Hillyard  Sweney,  Chester. 

Wm.  M.  Maclntyre,  Chester. 

John  R.  Sweeney,  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt.— M.  Ocheltree,  Chester. 


1899.— CHESTER,  FIFTH. 

Thomas  M.  Thomas,  P.,  May  18,  1899-Oct.  12,  1908. 
Thomas  M.  Thomas,  Chester,  P.,  April  27,  1909- 
Elders,  T.  N.  Collins,-  Chester. 

Macy  Duke,  Chester. 

Ellison  Clinton,  Ridley  Park. 
S.  S.  Supt.— T.  N.  Collins,  1814  W.  2d,  Chester. 

1886.— CHICHESTER  MEMORIAL. 
Henry  S.  VanOsten,  P..  June  15,  1897-Sept.  19,  1905. 
Robert  C.  Jenkins,  Boothwyn,  P.,  June  11,  1906- 
Elders,  Clarence  W.  Pierce,*  Hallyoke,  Delaware. 

William  H.  Booth,  Boothwyn. 

George  P.  Worrell,  Hance. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Clarence  W.  Pierce,  Hallyoke,  Delaware. 


48      MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

1887.— CLIFTON  HEIGHTS,  FIRST. 

Wm.  Rankin  Huston,  Clifton  Heights,  P.,  April,  1894- 

Elders,  Henry   T.    Wallace,    Lansdowne. 

J.  Chester  Wilson,*  Aldan. 
S.  S.  Supt. — J.  Chester  Wilson,  Aldan. 

1833.— COATESVILLE. 

George  E.  Gillespie,  Coatesville,  P.,  Feb.  4..  1902- 

Elders,  Harry  Garman,*  Coatt^ville. 

Charles  L.  Huston,  Coatesville. 
William  H.  Ridgway,  Coatesville. 
John  W.  Doan,  Coatesville. 
W.  K.  Harris,  Coatesville. 
James  A.  Long,  Coatesville. 
S.  S.  Supt. — William  H.  Ridgway,  Coatesville. 

55- 
Joshua  L.  Russell,  D.  D.,  P.,  Oct.  2.  1895-Nov.  24,  1906. 

James  R.  Kerr,  Darby,  P.,  June  4.  1907- 

Elders,  William  A.  Hofman,*  Norwood. 

George  Thompson,  Darby. 

Jacob  Y.  McConnell,  Darby. 

Benjamin  F.  Magnin,  Darby. 

Charles  K.  Welshs  Darby. 

Joseph  J.  Ellison,  Darby. 

Joseph  McGregor,  Darby. 

Fred  C.  Derikhaus,  Darby. 

Lewis  G.  Willis.  691 1  Paschall  Ave.,  Pnila. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Jacob  Y.  McConnell,  Darby. 

1878.— DILWORTHTOWN. 

Martin  L.  Ross,  D.  D.,  West  Chester,  R.  F.  D.,  P..  May 

13,  1902- 
Elders,  Elarris  E.  Sproat,*  Westtown. 

David  McClure,  West  Chester,  R.  F.  D. 

Miller,  M.  Boyd,  Westtown. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Harris  E.  Sproat,  Westtown. 

t  740.— DOE  RUN. 

Jo-eph  L.  Polk,  Ph.  D.,  P.,  Nov.  16,  1904-^}-  29.  1905. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      49 

Thomas  McKean  Polk,  P.,  Oct.  10,  1905-Aug.  29,  1909. 
Arthur  Richards,  Mortonviile,  P..  Dec.  1,  19^,- 
Elders,  W.  J.  Monhollend,*  .Mortonviile. 

Robert  T.  Woodward,  Mortonviile. 

Charles  Dale,   Mortonviile. 

George  R.  Bone,  Thorndale. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Charles  Dale,  Mortonviile. 

i^Oi.— DOWNINGTOWN   CENTRAL. 
Lewis  M.  Mudge,  D.  D.,  East  Downingtow  n.  P.,  April 
8,   1902- 

Elders,  Isaac  Y.  Ash,*  Downingtown. 

Eber  Garrett,  East  Downingtown. 

William  B.  ShaufTer,  East  Downingtown. 

Josiah   Swank,   East   Downingtown. 

Charles  W.  Robinson,  Downingtown,  R.  E.  D. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Joseph  T.  Miller,  East  Downingtown. 

1839.— EAST  WHITELAND,  ERAZER. 

Ai ford  Kelley,  P.,  June  18,  1894-Nov.  7,  1905. 

John  Wesley  McCallum,  P.,  May  22,  1906-Aug.  5,  1907. 

Howard  C.  Cooper,  Frazer,  P.,  May  15,  1908- 

Elders,  J.  P.  McAllister,*  Morstein. 

Charles  W.   Waldron,  Glen  Loch. 

W.  T.  K.  Moses,  Glen  Loch. 

Martin  L.  Kochenderfer,  Ickesburg. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Charles  W.  Waldron,  Glen  Loch. 

1730.— FAGGS  MANOR. 

Frank  Malven,*  Cochransville,  P.,  Oct.  12,  1905- 

Elders,  William  P.  Potts,  Parkesburg. 

Robert  A.  Hamill,  Cochransville. 

Charles  B.  Criswell,  Cochransville. 

David  H.  Esbenshade,  Cochransville. 

Edwin  R.  Morrison,  Cochransville. 

J.  Hayes  Turner,  Lincoln  University. 

Frank  Brown,  Kelton. 

William  J.  McClellan,  London  Grove. 
S.  S.  Supt. — William  P.  Potts,  Parkesburg. 

1840.— FAIRVIEW. 

Dean  N.  Dobson,  P.,  June  22,  1904-Sept.  30.  1907. 


50      MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

Eugene  M.  YanNote,  Glen  Moore,  P.,  Feb.  14,  1908- 
Elders,  William  Miller,*  Glen  Moore. 

William   Palsgrove,   Glen   Moore. 

George  Fleming,  Elverson. 

Ja  ves  Simpson.  Lionville. 
S.  S.  Supt.— William  Patterson,  Glen  Moore. 

1733.— FORKS  OF  BRAXDYWINE. 

Hector  A.  McLean,*  Glen  Moore,  R.  F.  D.,  P.,  Nov.  15, 

1888- 
Elders,  Frederick  H.  Irwin.  Coatesville,  R.  F.  D.  1. 

William  D.  Marshall,  Lyndall. 

John  Barr,  Cupola. 

Joseph  C.  Ash,  Coatesville,  R.  F  D.  1. 

Samuel  D.  Curry,  Downingtown,  R.  F.  D.  1. 

Clifton  Dowlin,  M.  D.,  Downingtown. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Joseph  C.  Ash.,  Coatesville,  R.  F.  D.  1. 

1840.— GLENOLDEN,  FIRST. 

David  Winters,  LL.  D.,  Glenolden,  P.,  Feb.  14,  1905- 

Elders,  George  K.  Cross,*  Glenolden. 

Ja  1  es  B.  Reigner,  Folcroft. 

Robert   W.    Cromie,   Llanwellyn. 

Edward  Ferguson.  Norwood. 

George  H.  Kelly,  Glenolden. 
S.  S.  Supt. — James  B.  Reigner,  Folcroft. 

1880.— GLEN  RIDDLE. 

Vacant. 

Elder,  Frederick  Heydorn,  Glen  Riddle. 

1 7 10.— GREAT  VALLEY. 

Robert  M.  Patterson,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  P.,  June  18,  1885- 

Supt.  25,  1906. 
E.  Ray  Simons,  Malvern,  R.  F.  D.,  P.,  July  23,  1907- 
Elders,  C.  S.  Kurtz,  M.  D.,*  Malvern. 

John  A.  Fetters,  Malvern. 

Henry  R.  Wilson,  New  Centreville. 

J.  H.  Dingee,  Paoli. 
S.  S.  Supt.— J.  H.  Dingee,  Paoli. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      51 

[909.— HOLMES. 
Frank  Innis,  Chester,  S.  S.,  1909- 
EMers,  Frank  Innis,  Chester. 
Robert  Ross,  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Frank  Innis,  923  Kerlin  St..  Chester. 

[835.— HONEYBROOK. 

lames  R.  Kerr,  P.,  Jan.  15,  1901-May  6,  1907. 

Robert  ].  Johnson,  Ph.  D.,  Honeybrook,  P.,  Dec.  23,  1907- 

Elders,  Thomas  G.  Wright.*  Coatesville. 

Jesse   I.   Dauman,   Honeybrook. 

Rees  L.  Given.  Honeybrook. 

Lewis  R.  Guiney,  Coatesville. 
S.  S.  Supt— J.  Hoover  McClure,  Honeybrook. 

1862.— KENNETT  SQUARE. 
Robert  A.  Hunter,  P.,  Oct.  14.  1890-June  27,  1905. 
Robert  C.  Williamson,  P.,  May  10,  1906-June   10.   1907. 
Vaixlerveer   V.    Nicholas,    Kennett    Square,    P.,   Feb.   6. 

1908- 
Elders,  Abner  E.  Stiner,*  Kennett  Square. 

Richard  Merrick.  Mendenhall. 

Ira  W.  Bull,  Kennett  Square. 

Albert  Lamborn,  Kennett  Square. 

William  Lloyd  Lang,  Kennett  Square. 

J.   Howard  Pyle,  Kennett   Square. 

James  Walker,  M.  D.,  Mendenhall 

John  H.  Cole,  Mendenhall. 

Charles  B.  Boice,  Kennett  Square. 
S.  S.  Supt.— William  Lloyd  Lang,  Kennett  Square. 

BETHANY     CHAPEL;     Mission     of     Kennett 

Square  Church. 
S.  S.  Supt.— John  S.  Cole,  Mendenhall. 

^.—LANSDOWNE,  FIRST. 

William  Boyd,  Lansdowne,  P.,  May  18,  1892- 

Elders,  Samuel  F.  Irwin,*  Lansdowne. 

William  B.  Evans,  Yeadon. 

Thomas  G.  Janvier,  Lansdowne. 

Thoras  Brown,  Lansdowne. 

Andrew  H.  Dill,  Lansdowne. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Hugh  Dunlap,  Lansdowne. 


52      -MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

1820.— LEIPER  MEMORIAL. 

George  A.  Marr,  Swarthmore,  S.  S.,  1902- 

Elders,  John  M.  Gates.  Swarthmore. 

\Y.  L.  Brown.   Swarthmore. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Rev.  George  A.  Marr,  Swarth.rore. 

1909.— LLANERCH. 

I  lenry  S.  Van  Osten,  Llanerch,  S.  S.,  190S- 

Elrler,  William  B.  Dumwoody,*  Llanerch. 

S.  S.  Supt. — William  B.  Dunwoody,  Llanerch. 

1893.— MALVERN,  FIRST. 
Thomas  J.  Aiken,  P.,  May  31,  1901-Dec.  31,  1907. 
Cleveland  Frame,  Malvern,  P.,  May  8,  1908- 
Elders,  John  Detwiler,*  Malvern. 

William  J.  Hamilton.  Malvern. 

Robert  Hutchr-on,  Malvern; 

Alvah  I.  March,  Malvern. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Malcolm  C.  Hutchison,  Malvern. 

1834.— MARPLE. 

Caleb  EI.  Rodney,  P.,  April  30,  1885-Jan.  31,  1905. 
Humphrey  J.  Rendall,  Broouall,  P.,  June  7,  1906- 
Elders,  John  G.  Thomas,  M.  D.,*  Newtown  Square. 

WTilliam  J.  Xeal,  Xewtown  Square. 

James  Ervin,  Newtown  Square,  R.  F.  D. 

John  F.  T.  Lewis.,  Broomall. 

1866.— MEDIA. 

S.  Harper  Leeper,  Media,  P.,  April  20,  1904- 

Elders,  Callendar  I.  Leiper/!:  Swarthmore. 

Robert  M.  Henderson,  Media. 

Henry  Riddle,  Media. 

John  G.  Mackv,  Media. 

A.  G.  C.  Smith,  Media. 

Paul  McKnight,  Media. 
S.  S.  Supt. — J.  Claude  Bedford,  Media. 

YARNELL    MEMORIAL    CHAPEL;    Mission 

of  Media  Church. 
S.  S.  Supt. — John  G.  Macky,  Media. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      §8 

1720.— MIDDLETOWX.  ELWYK. 

William  Tenton  Krusc,  Elwyn,  P.,  Dec.  12,  1889- 

Elders,  William  Barnett,  Jr..*  Mt.  Alverno. 

Charles  S.  Welles,  Elwyn. 

Aaron  M.  Hoskins,  Media,  R.  F.  D. 

J.  Oscar  Howarth,  Media. 

John  A.  Yarnall,  Media,  R.  F.  D. 

August  Hormann,  Camp  Ground. 
S.    S.    Supt.— J.    Oscar    Howarth,    316    North    Orange, 
Media. 

1728.— NEW  LONDON. 

Herbert  W.  Bieber,  P.,  June  29,  1902-June  26,  1906. 
A.  Raymond  Eckels,  New  London,  P.,  May  24,  1907- 
Elders,  John  T.  Dewitt,*  New  London. 

William  D.  Eves,  New  London. 

A.  Pennel  Thompson,  New  London. 

Joel  P.  Conrad,  Kelton. 

Elkanah  Huston,  Lincoln  LTniversity. 

Obadiah  B.  Curtis,  Lincoln  University. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Rev.  A.  Raymond  Eckels,  New  London. 

1811.— NOTTINGHAM. 

John  M.  Jenkins,  P.,  May  20,  1896-Mar.  10,  1909. 
William  C.  McKnight,  Nottingham.  P.,  Feb.  17,  1910- 
Elders,  J.  Wilkinson  Anderson,*  Oxford. 

Jacob  H.  Kirk,   Nottingham. 

J.  H.  Jerkes,  Nottingham. 

James  E.  Brown,  Nottingham. 

John  K.  Thompson,  Nottingham. 
S.  S.  Supt. — L.  C.  Passmore,  Nottingham. 

1890.— OLIVET,  MOORE. 

Ervrit  S.  Boice,  M.  D.,  Moore,  P.,  May  13,  1902- 

Elders,  Edwin  A.  Thorpe,*  Moore. 

Robert  Jamison,  Moore. 

Daniel  P.  Conner,  Moore. 

Archie  T.  Richards,  Moore. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Archie  T.  Richards,  Moore. 

I7~5._OXFORD,  FIRST. 

Robert  Watson,  Ph.  D.,  P.,  June  4,  1896-Jan.  31.,  1905. 


54  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

Robert  Howard  Taylor.  Oxford,  P.,  June  8,  1906- 
Elders.  William  H.  Snyder,*  Oxford. 

William  T.  Fulton,  Oxford. 

David  M.  Taylor.  Oxford. 

J.  Willison  Watt,  Oxford. 

John  A.  Lindsay,  Oxford. 

Sars  uel  W.  Lawrie,  Oxford. 

Lapsley   Armstrong.   Oxford. 

James  H.  McCommon,  Oxford. 

M.  E.  Snodgrass,  Oxford- 
Edward  M.  Vansant,  Oxford. 

Samuel  D.  Hutchison.  Oxford. 

Albert  E.  Townsend,  ( )xford. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Albert  E.  Townsend,  Oxford. 

1874.— OXFORD,   SECOND. 

Samuel  W.  Johnson,  Oxford,  P.,  June  30,  1897- 

Elders,  Lightner  H.  Greene,*  Oxford. 

James  R.  Jones,  Oxford. 

L.  H.  Jones,  Oxford. 
S.  S.  Supt. — James  R.  Butler,  Oxford. 

1899.— PAOLI. 

Thomas  J.  Aiken,  P.,  May  31,  1901-June  6,  1905. 
Euclid  Philips,  P.,  April  24,  1906-Jan.  25,  1910. 
John  Graham,  D.  D.,  Paoli,  P.,  June  28,  1910- 
Elders,  Edwin  B.  Linn,*  Paoli. 

Robert  F.  Matthews,  Paoli. 

Charles  Elkinton,  Paoli. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Walter  J.  Matthews,  Paoli. 

1906.— PARKESBURG,  FIRST. 

D.  Wilson  Hollinger,  Parkesburg,  P.,  May  9,  1906- 

Elders,  C.  C.  Owens,  Parkesburg. 

J.  R.  Maxwell,  M.  D.,  Parkesburg. 

S.  H.  Jackson,  Parkesburg. 

A.  T.  Heberling.  Parkesburg. 
S.  S.  Supt. — A.  T.  Heberling,  Parkesburg. 

1851. — PENNINGTONYILLE,   ATGLEX. 
Roland  E.  Crist,  P.,  July  31,  1902- June  27,  1905. 
Harvey  W.  Koehler,  P.,  Oct.  3,  1906-Oct.  25,  1909. 
Edward  Warren,  Atglen,  P.,  June  23,  1910- 


MAX  UAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      55 

Elders,  Jacob  Heyberger,*  Atglen. 

William  S.  Hastings,  Atglen. 
S.  S.  Supt. — William  S.  Hastings,  Atglen. 

1846.=— PHCENIXVILLE,  FIRST. 

George  N.  Hertzog,  Phcenixville,  P.,  Feb.  23,  1905- 

Elders,  James  Murray,*  Phcenixville. 

William  H.  Yerger,  Phcenixville. 

William   P.   Keeley.   Phcenixville. 

John  Dettre,  Phcenixville. 

George  Herzel,  Phcenixville. 

Harvey  M.  Clymer,  Phcenixville. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Harvey  M.  Clymer,  411  First  Ave.,  Phcenix- 
ville. 

1906.— RADNOR,  WAYNE. 

Frank  C.  Putnam,  Wayne,  P.,  Mar.  10,  1908- 

Elders,  W.  Austin  Obdyke,*  Wayne. 

Charles  Howson,  Wayne. 

Charles  H.  Elowson,  Wayne. 

Richard   S.   McKinley,   Wayne. 

Andrew  S.  Long,  Wayne. 

Albert  F.  Walter,  Wayne. 

Elmer  Burket,  Wayne. 

Joseph  A.  Ball,  Wayne. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Charles  H.  Howson,  Wayne. 

1875.— RIDLEY  PARK. 

Samuel  T.  Linton,  Ridley  Park,  P.,  July  25,  1901- 
Elders,  Henry  C.  Keyes,*  408  Penn'a  Bldg.,  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

Jares  A.  McKnight,  Ridley  Park. 

Charles   S.  Righter,  Ridley  Park. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Charles  S.  Righter,  Ridley  Park. 

1908.— SHARON  HILL. 

David  Tully,  D.  D.,  S.  S.,  1908-1909. 

Llewellyn  James  Davies,  Sharon  Hill,  P.,  Feb.  9,  1910- 

Elders,  James  Mecaskie,*  Collingdale. 

Saruel  E.  Griffiths,  Sharon  Hill. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Samuel  E.  Griffiths,  Sharon  Hill. 


56  MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

1903.— ST.  JOHN'S,  DEVON. 
Joel  Swartz,  D.  D.,  P.,  April  30,  1903-June  25,  1907. 
Hugh  W.  Rendall,  Devon,  P.,  April  14,  1909- 
Elders,  J.  H.  Jefferis,*  Wayne. 

J.  L.  Twaddell,  Devon. 

Henrv  C.  Wilt.  Devon. 
S.  S.  Supt.— J.  H.  Jefferis,  Wayne. 

1 895.— S  WARTHMORE. 

Henry  E.  Jackson,  P.,  Sept.  24,  1S96- April  9,  rep/. 
William  M.  Woodfin,  Swarthmore,  P.,  May  8,  1908- 
1  Ciders,  John  I.  Smith,*  Swarthmore. 

Fred.  M.  Simons,  Swarthmore. 

J.  E.  Ramsey,  Swarthmore. 

William  T.  Ellis,  Swarthmore. 

Eugene  Underbill,  M.  D.,  Swarthmore. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Philip  E.  Howard,  Swarthmore. 

1888.— TOUGHKENAMON. 

James  G.  Young,  P.,  Feb.  6,  1901-Sept.  27,  1904. 

Thomas  R.  McDowell,  S.  Si,  1906- 1909. 

Euclid  Philips,  Toughkenamon,  P.,  Feb.  15,  1910- 

Elder,  Thomas  P.  Minshall,*  Toughkenamon. 

S.  S.  Supt. — Thomas  P.  Minshall,  Toughkenamon. 

1863.— TRINITY,  BERWYN. 

Robert  N.  Powers,  P.,  Dec.  10,  1901-April  14.  1908. 
W.  Potter  Van  Tries,  Berwyn,  P.,  Nov.  2j,  1908- 
Elders,  James  Aiken,  M.  D.,*  Berwyn. 

Prof.  J.  Alexander  Clarke,  Devon. 

Elijah  W.   Fees,  Berwyn. 

A.  Bowman  Weaver,  Berwyn. 

Joseph  Williams,  Berwyn. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Prof.  J.  Alexander  Clarke,  Devon. 

j  829.— UNION  YILLE. 

James  G.  Young,  P.,  Feb.  6,  1901-Sept.  27,  1904. 

Euclid  Philips,  Toughkenamon,  P.,  Feb.  8,  1910- 

Elders,  . 

S.  S.  Supt. — Robert  G.  Smith,  Unionville. 


MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER.      57 

1720.— UPPER  OCTORARA. 

Thomas  R.  McDowell.  P.,  May  22,  1889-April  30,  1905. 

Thomas  Kerr,  Parkesburg,  P.,  Sept.  13,  1906- 

Elders,  Daniel  L.  Taggart,*  Parkesburg. 

Samuel  W.  Scott,  Coatesville,  R.  F.  D.  2. 

J.  Albert  Cowan,  Parkesburg. 

Wm.  H.  Macneal,  Parkesburg. 

J.  B.  Heyberger,  Parkesburg. 

George  Richmond,  Guthrieville. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Daniel  L.  Taggart,  Parkesburg. 

1891.— WALLINGFORD. 

Edmund  W.  FitzSimon,  P.,  Aug.  2,  1899-Dec.  31,  1908. 

Vacant. 

Elder,  John  C.  Hershey,  Wallingford. 

S.  S.  Supt. — Joseph  G.  Palmer,  Wallingford. 

1870.— WAYNE. 

William  A.  Patton,  D.  W*  Wayne,  P.,  April  3,  1890- 


Elders,  John   Henry,   Wayne,   R.    F.   D.    I. 

William  S.  Green,  Wayne. 

William  Stuart  Gibb,  Wayne. 

John  Blackwood,  Wayne,  R.  F.  D.  1. 

Henry  G.  Blatchley,  Wayne. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Rev.  William  A.  Patton,  D.  D.,  Wayne. 

GRACE  CHAPEL;  Mission  of  Wayne  Church. 
S.  S.  Supt.— Charles  H.  Barritt,  Wayne. 

1834.— WEST  CHESTER,  FIRST. 

Washington  R.  Laird,  Ph.  D.,  West  Chester,  P.,  Nov.  17, 

1892- 
Elders.  William  C.  Husted,*  West  Chester. 

William  K.  Thorpe,  M.  D.,  West  Chester. 

Herbert  MacCornack,  West  Chester. 

Samuel  D.  Ramsey,  West  Chester. 

Arthur  T.  Parke,  West  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt.— William  C.  Husted,  West  Chester. 


58      MANUAL  OF  THE  PRESBYTERY  OF  CHESTER. 

1887.— WEST  CHESTER,  SECOND. 
\Y.  Edward  Williams,  P.,  Feb.  23,  1904-April  14,  1908. 
P.  J.  Augustus  Coxe,  West  Chester,  P..  Sept.  3,  1908- 
Elders,  John  A.  Francis,*  West  Chester. 

Jesse  Kelley,  West  Chester. 

Henry  Robinson,  West  Chester. 

James  Anderson,  West  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt. — John  A.  Francis,  West  Chester. 

1892.— WESTMINSTER,  WEST  CHESTER. 
Charles  R.  Williamson.  Ph.  D.,  West  Chester,  P.,  Oct.  7, 

1901- 
Elders,  Herman  F.  Wvers,*  West  Chester. 

Alfred  P.  Reid",  West  Chester. 

William  Dowlin,  West  Chester. 

Wilmer  W.  Mcfclree,  West  Chester. 

Addison  L.  Jones,  West  Chester. 

Wallace  P.  Dick,  West  Chester. 

Harry  T.   Ferrell,  W'est  Chester. 

Granville  L.  Rettew,  West  Chester. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Herman  F.  Wyers,  West  Chester. 

1886.— WEST  GROVE. 

Henry  C.  Sperbeck,  P.,  Dec.  17,  1901-Nov.  28,  1904. 

Henry  G.  Martin,  P.,  May  3,  1905-Mar.  31,  1910. 

Vacant. 

Elders,  Milton  C.   Pyle,*  West  Grove. 

E.  Chester  Reynolds,  West  Grove. 

John  A.  Wolf,  West  Grove. 
S.  S.  Supt. — Samuel  S.  Conrad,  WTest  Grove. 


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